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I'm in a public university IT department on the administrative side.

If the professors would like to do admissions, then I encourage them to do so.

If the professors would like to do budgeting, then I encourage them to do so.

If the professors would like to do HR, then I encourage them to do so.

If the professors would like to run the ERP, then I encourage them to do so.

If the professors would like to run the Learning Management System, then I encourage them to do so.

etc etc

Fortunately all of the profs I've spoken to have a brain and understand division of labour. Which is great because I love working with them to build fun IT solutions that make their lives, and the educational experience better! If I wanted to make professor level money I'd work literally anywhere else.

None of which is the problem the author is characterizing. FTA:

For example, last December, all Faculty of Arts and Sciences affiliates received an email from Dean Claudine Gay announcing the final report of the FAS Task Force on Visual Culture and Signage, a task force itself created by recommendation of the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging. This task force was composed of 24 members: six students, nine faculty members, and nine administrators. The task force produced a 26-page report divided into seven sections, based upon a survey, focus groups, and 15 separate meetings with over 500 people total. The report dedicated seven pages to its recommendations, which ranged from “Clarify institutional authority over FAS visual culture and signage” to “Create a dynamic program of public art in the FAS.” In response to these recommendations, Dean Gay announced the creation of a new administrative post, the “FAS campus curator,” and a new committee, the “FAS Standing Committee on Visual Culture and Signage.”

It's about the creation of administrative positions such as the "Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging"

The author brings up some important information that is not always easily noticed. The university should definitely setup a task force to look into the matter and give the author a paid position on the task force.

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